1
as in heavy
having great weight
a massive piece of furniture that was nearly impossible to move
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2
as in huge
unusually large
the massive statue took up most of the small yard
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3
as in magnificent
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
the war memorial's massive dignity moves most visitors to reflective silence
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Recent Examples of massive
There’s less talk about waiting for federal legalization to solve everything or assuming massive outside capital will suddenly return.
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Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2026
Such advances have enabled marketers to acquire massive amounts of information about their customers and thereby to target them more effectively.
—Ezgi Eyüboğlu, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May 2026
Artificial intelligence companies now account for a massive share of private market value, while defense technology, space infrastructure and AI-native applications have rapidly moved from fringe categories to the center of Silicon Valley.
—Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
In every case, the best fit was a system with a massive point source at its center, and the rest of the material rotating around it.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
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Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2026
Such advances have enabled marketers to acquire massive amounts of information about their customers and thereby to target them more effectively.
—Ezgi Eyüboğlu, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May 2026
Artificial intelligence companies now account for a massive share of private market value, while defense technology, space infrastructure and AI-native applications have rapidly moved from fringe categories to the center of Silicon Valley.
—Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
In every case, the best fit was a system with a massive point source at its center, and the rest of the material rotating around it.
—ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for massive
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But voters do have questions about public policy, especially in Iowa, an agriculture-heavy state that's felt the pinch of tariffs and the war in Iran — especially through high fertilizer costs.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
31 May 2026
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But DeGette has more than held her own, reporting contributions approaching $1 million, including heavy support from political action committees.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Ciber ’s team work quickly under netting to mount a huge Browning heavy machine gun onto tank tracks.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The eighth-inning bomb was huge, too.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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The hotel houses a magnificent collection of 20th-century prints and drawings which hang throughout the bedrooms and public spaces; spot the Picasso and the Cocteaus in the Picteau Lounge Bar.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The Italian Lounge, for example, has a magnificent blue-and-gold ceiling imported from the Grimation Palace in Florence in the late 19th century.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
2 June 2026
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Ghirri’s oversize Polaroids, which increased the usual scale of his modest images to roughly tabloid size, were mounted on hefty support columns clad in coir, a jute-like material used for doormats, obviously intended to thwart any suggestion of monumentality.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Grier will need a massive summer to overtake King in the pecking order after the undrafted passer was given a hefty guarantee in 2026.—
Mike Kaye
June 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
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And if the interest expense on our gigantic and ballooning national debt of $39 trillion weren’t already running at nearly $1 trillion a year, bigger than Medicare spending and equaling two-thirds of Social Security outlays, the half-point upward shift would likely prove manageable.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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Shah’s closest ally (and the person most willing to call Shah on his lies to himself and others) is his cousin Zulfi, a gigantic character who Khan energizes with fast-talking charm, sarcastic asides, and an assessing glare that can cut through anyone’s defenses.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Kornet played six minutes, missed all three of his shot attempts and finished with only two points, but the block was an epic moment.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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The Destroyer simply lacked the magic and ambition of the original, feeling light and camp instead of serious and epic.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Farmers are now hoping federal assistance will help offset some of the enormous financial losses.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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While technology will be the centerpiece, the facility — tentatively named the Connecticut Center for Applied AI — won’t have enormous banks of computer servers or the high-capacity energy and cooling systems that are trademarks of data centers.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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But the nation honored by the glorious moment still retains the power of recovery and renewal praised by Douglass.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2026
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Some of you aren’t ready for this conversation, but McCartney’s past two decades have been the most glorious creative roll of his post-Beatles life.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
30 May 2026
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“Massive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massive. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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